The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-15
THE PARIS TOWER.
What the Protector or the Gigantic stru
ture Has to Say About 1t.

What the Protector or the Gigantic struc-
ture Has to Say About 1t.
Paris is to have the greatest tower in
the world, after all. NJ Eiffei's tower,
which the Government has authorized
him to raise on the Champ de Mars,
will dominate all Paris, and surpass, in
fact almost double. in height the high
est existing structure. Liberty. To
whom such homage was paid for her
grandeur and greatness. is but pigmy
of the statue world compared with this
gigantic monster. Lord Nelson's mon
lment, London. is 1872 feet; "Liberty. y
New York. 22o feet; st. Paul's, Lon
don, 800 feet; the Great Pyramid, 400
feet; St Peters, of Rome. 507 feet; the
Cologne Cathedral. 532 feet; the Wash
ington Monument. at present the high
est in the world. 555 feet; and the Paris
Tower is 1000 feet. In order to find
ont what NJ Eiffel had to say to the
various objections which have been
made to his tower, and to get his
opinion ON its utility. / called on him
the other day at his works at Lenallois-
Ferret. To him his great projection is
NioiN NOUS Win tfle SUCCESS OF the
exhibition.
'tThey- begin by declaring" he re
marked, referring to his adversaries,
''that my tower is not French. 1t is
big enough and clumsy enough for the
English or Americans. but it is not our
style. they say. We are occupied more
with little artistic bibeiots than giants of
l,..l t,,Sta ILL, ,-,,, .,.,-a, d.. .t.,,,~t -.
are occupied most with art and music.
that is no reason. said he, emphatic
ally. ''why we should not show the
world what we can do in the way of
great engineering projects. And as
for its being bad taste. why, on the con-
trary, it will be one of the chief orna-
ments of the towI. One of the most
frequent objections made to the tower
is that it is useless That Is another
error. Take its importance, for in
stance, from a meteorological point of
view 1t is not every day that meteor
ologists can get up one thousand feet
above the soil. This tower will enable
them to stndy the decrease of tempera-
ture at different heights. to observe the
variations of winds. find out the guam
tity OF ram ..tss iails at different
heights and the density of the eious.s.
Indeed. in all that relates to tempera-
ture, hygrometry, air currents and the
composition of the air. the tower will
,fford opportunities for study and re.
search. many Uf which have hitherto
been impossible. 1t will be equal,
useful To astronomers. Here experience
With the specuoscope can be carried
IN with great facility; the laws oi
refraction and the physical aspects
If the moon, planets and nebula
studied in most favorable conditions
have received testimonies from savaslts
nn all these points. Then there i,
Is utility from a military point o.
view. In the event of another siege ot
Paris see how important this tower
would be. Communication could b,
kept up by means of optic telegraphi
for great distance around Paris; fol
from the summit YOU could have mag
lificent panorama extending from III
10 130 kilometers. Paris by night, dec
'rated and illuminated as it will b,
Turing the exhibition. is sight which
before was only within the reach O
leronauts. In fact. the tower will b,
/ .he chief attraction of the exhibition
Sir Cunliffe Owen remarked to me jus
he other day: .'Do you think that W,
| English will come To look at your littl,
ltbeiots and pots of pomade? No. bu
| We will come in hundreds to see YOU
cower.'"
What If it topple over, NJ. EiffelP'
There is not the least danger o
hat. In our construction of the towei
| We have calculated on the force of tn,
| Wind. We have calculated that tn,
over will normally withstand win,
PRESSURE of 800 kilogrammes per squar,
meter, which amounts to a total pres
,ure of 2,250.O00 kilogrammes. w,
lave made this calculation on the mos
avorable hypothesis possible. w,
Iave reckoned the trellis work as full
walls, and made other allowances
And as the strongest tempests evel
,nown in Paris have never been be
ond a pressure of $50 kilos per squar,
meter. the tower is perfectly secure
'hould wind bearing force of 30t
,ilos arise, little would be left stand
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